I|saw this bird near Lower Sabie at the end of October and thought it was a juvenile fish eagle but the bright yellow eye has me confused. I D would be really appreciated.I wondered about a juvenile snake eagle but the bill looks too heavy.Hoped it might be a young osprey but I don't think so, really. The pic is very cropped, sorry.043 by jansp, on Flickr

I'm also no expert but I think what is causing problems here is that this bird may be wet and the feathers are showing some of the dawn feathers...therefore giving the bird a whiter appearance than usual. That said the featherless grey Tarsis and yellow eye point to the snake eagle family! It looks like a Juv bird so I would say either Black chested snake eagle or Brown Snake eagle. I still tend to say more likely a Brown Snake eagle Juv...

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